KIP MCP Server for VS Code
io.github.dillan/kip-mcp-server
Reads a boat's Signal K data and helps an AI assistant design and install KIP dashboards.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install KIP MCP Server in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "signalk-host",
"description": "SIGNALK_HOST",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "signalk-port",
"description": "SIGNALK_PORT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "signalk-tls",
"description": "SIGNALK_TLS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "signalk-token",
"description": "SIGNALK_TOKEN",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "signalk-user",
"description": "SIGNALK_USER",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "signalk-password",
"description": "SIGNALK_PASSWORD",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "kip-url",
"description": "KIP_URL",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"kip-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"kip-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SIGNALK_HOST": "${input:signalk-host}",
"SIGNALK_PORT": "${input:signalk-port}",
"SIGNALK_TLS": "${input:signalk-tls}",
"SIGNALK_TOKEN": "${input:signalk-token}",
"SIGNALK_USER": "${input:signalk-user}",
"SIGNALK_PASSWORD": "${input:signalk-password}",
"KIP_URL": "${input:kip-url}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs